Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi walked out of the Hokage Building, Danzo Shimura arrived at the entrance of his clan's territory. Pushing aside the Shimura Clan Ninja who were caught in a Genjutsu, he saw Uchiha Chiri standing quietly at the entrance.
However, when he saw Chiri's youthful face, Danzo thought he and his clan members had fallen into a Genjutsu, and immediately performed the hand seals to dispel it.
Yet, it was useless. The woman before him still maintained her youthful appearance, looking at Danzo's actions with a sneer.
"Damn it! What a powerful Genjutsu! It makes me unable to detect anything amiss, and my perception of Chakra is twisted, making me believe I haven't fallen into a Genjutsu. But why does this woman's Genjutsu only show me her youthful appearance?"
Danzo's face was grim as he quickly pondered how to break this Genjutsu and what this woman's intentions were.
Poor Danzo thought he was caught in a Genjutsu, but it was actually useless, because the Sharingan in his right eye did not react as it should to detect a Genjutsu.
Danzo tried various methods, such as setting up cursed seals on his body and sealing his own Chakra, but still could not break free from this Genjutsu. However, he dared not actively use the Sharingan in his right eye, as that would cause the Yin Release power of the Sharingan to leak out, thus being discovered by Uchiha Chiri.
At this moment, Danzo only had one option left, and that was self-mutilation. This infuriated Danzo; it had been many years since he had been forced into such a situation.
Ever since he became the Hokage's assistant and took control of Root, no one had dared to speak loudly to him, except for his most cherished and most envied good friend, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
However, Danzo had no intention of calling for help, nor did he want others to seek help from Hiruzen. He didn't want his good friend to see his weakness and helplessness.
Danzo hardened his heart and, to Uchiha Chiri's slight surprise, directly pierced his left arm with a Kunai.
Intense pain struck, and blood spurted out. Danzo did not pull out the Kunai, as bleeding would be much slower this way. But when he looked up at Uchiha Chiri again, his composure somewhat broke.
It turned out that this hateful woman had not cast any Genjutsu on him at all. This woman had used some unknown method to maintain her youth, making him believe he was under a Genjutsu, and he had stabbed himself with a Kunai.
"Oh, Danzo, are you expressing atonement? I haven't even made a move, and you've already stabbed your arm. Do you want me to forgive you just like that?"
Uchiha Chiri naturally saw that all of Danzo's absurd actions were because he believed he was under a Genjutsu, but it also provided Uchiha Chiri with a comedic show.
"Hmph! I have no sin, and even if I did, it wouldn't be for an Uchiha like you to punish me. And I don't need your forgiveness!"
Danzo was arguably the most stubborn man. He immediately refuted Chiri's taunts in every aspect, though he also realized that this woman had come to settle scores.
"Is that so? Then do you remember Uchiha Ling? She was my most beloved granddaughter, and you actually tried to harm her. How do you plan to appease my anger, hmm?"
The Mangekyo tomoe appeared in Uchiha Chiri's eyes, staring directly into Danzo's. Chakra pressure formed a turbulent airflow around her, scattering the dust on the ground.
"Hmph! Everything I do is for Konoha, unlike you narrow-minded Uchiha who only care about your clan!"
Danzo instinctively tried to claim moral high ground. For so many years, this tactic had never failed; no one could refute it, which allowed him to suppress the alliances of smaller Ninja clans and recruit many talented individuals into Root.
"Hmph! For Konoha! I think you mean for yourself!"
At this moment, the Dream Butterfly around Uchiha Chiri danced even more joyfully, and the Cicada that had quietly appeared began to cry out mournfully, yet no one noticed the unseasonable chirping.
Besieged by the two supreme Genjutsu, Dream Butterfly and Cicada, Danzo instantly fell into a Genjutsu. His right hand uncontrollably clutched his own neck, and even his stinging, bleeding left arm could not prevent him from falling into the Genjutsu.
Danzo's face turned increasingly purplish-blue, on the verge of strangling himself. A desperate madness flashed in his eyes as the Revolving Sharingan with three tomoe hidden in his right eye spun, resisting the control of Chiri's Genjutsu over his right arm.
"So the bandage on your right eye conceals a Sharingan! These past years, no Revolving Sharingan with three tomoe from the Uchiha has been leaked. So where did you get that Sharingan? Was it from Mirror, who died mysteriously without a trace?"
Uchiha Chiri's Mangekyo Sharingan spun, and Doujutsu poured out, suppressing the Sharingan that had reached the limit of Revolving Sharingan with three tomoe at that moment, while tightly controlling Danzo's body to prevent him from moving.
Chiri instantly vanished from her spot, transforming into a swarm of butterflies fluttering everywhere. When she reappeared, she had already reached out and plucked the Sharingan from Danzo's right eye.
However, time reversed, and Chiri and Danzo were still standing in their original positions. Danzo's left arm was dripping blood, and the Sharingan in his right eye had turned gray. Danzo had used the Forbidden Technique Izanagi.
Then, this gray Revolving Sharingan with three tomoe returned to its original state, as if the Izanagi Danzo had just used was merely an illusion, and Danzo himself didn't even notice it.
It was as if his right eye had never used Izanagi. Chiri was not surprised; instead, a sneer played on her lips.
Danzo was once again controlled by the Genjutsu, and then personally plucked out the Sharingan from his right eye.
Time reversed, the Sharingan turned gray, and then returned to its original state. Danzo vaguely felt something was amiss.
Afterward, the scene repeated over and over again, his eye being plucked out repeatedly. Danzo finally realized something was wrong.
However, it was useless. The scene replayed, the current moment seemingly a re-enactment of what just happened, and his right eye was once again dug out by Uchiha Chiri.
Then came countless loops, Danzo's will had already collapsed. He knew that if he insisted on continuing to use Izanagi, he would still enter this loop, and only if he truly repented would it be dispelled.
And at this time, in the outside world, Danzo simply stood still, but his eyeballs were rolling rapidly, clearly the scene in Izanami had calmed his mind.
And Chiri peeled back the bandage on Danzo's right eye, intending to pluck out the Sharingan from Danzo's right eye, but she was waiting for Danzo to give up on using Izanagi, to truly repent and never again covet the Sharingan for Izanagi's use.
In the Genjutsu of Izanami, Danzo had already cycled through tens of thousands of times. His mind had collapsed. He had tried every method, but still couldn't free himself from this cycle.
Even when he used his Ninjutsu, Forbidden Technique, and even the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique that sealed the great bridge, he still couldn't escape this cycle.
His heart was already close to accepting the fate Uchiha Chiri had set for him, accepting to never again covet the Sharingan to cast Izanagi. Only a final shred of yearning for strength kept him holding on.
Unfortunately, this last shred of persistence was also tottering. He had already lost his perception of time, numbly repeating this cycle again and again.
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